Unverified Voracity On Time Lapse

Cannibalism is actually an improvement in their level of civilization. Add Eddie George to the long list of current and former Buckeyes bombing the program:

“It appears to me that Bollman is out there, he’s totally exposed,” George said. “It’s his offense to lose, and clearly he has no idea or concept what to do with them at this point.”

Blue Seoul described the MSU-OSU game as "fun to watch if you don't like either of these teams" and that is so true. It's more true for Ohio State, which was blithely running second and long draw plays as Michigan State run blitzed with nine guys in the box. "OY OY OY this worked with Troy Smith OY," Bollman thinks.

The numbers. It's week six. FO's advanced stats maintain some preseason projections in them for another week or two, but they are increasingly based on events on the field and whoah:

Rank

Team

FBS W-L

FEI

Last Wk

GE

GE Rk

SOS

SOS Rk

FBS MW

FBS RMW

1

LSU

4-0

.304

1

.234

12

.097

8

9.6

6.1

2

Alabama

5-0

.303

3

.342

5

.134

19

9.2

5.0

3

Oklahoma

4-0

.298

2

.359

3

.186

40

10.7

7.1

4

Wisconsin

4-0

.247

4

.600

1

.467

95

10.1

6.2

5

Clemson

4-0

.244

5

.162

19

.206

43

9.2

5.9

6

Michigan

5-0

.241

10

.347

4

.341

74

10.3

5.7

7

Stanford

4-0

.227

9

.405

2

.513

103

11.0

7.1

8

Georgia Tech

4-0

.225

15

.340

6

.441

92

9.3

5.5

9

West Virginia

3-1

.215

13

.138

20

.161

28

8.3

5.3

10

Oklahoma State

4-0

.211

6

.227

13

.156

25

9.8

6.3

Moving up four slots after bombing Minnesota probably means the formula does not yet comprehend how terrible the Gophers are—they did hang tight against USC and FEI ignores games against I-AA foes. Also it does not know just how goofy that ND game is.

In the not too distant future, Saturday A.D. There was a guy named Jordan, not too different from you or me He worked at Schembechler Institute, just another face in a maize jumpsuit He did a good job cleaning up the place, but his bosses kinda liked him so they made him play in space

(Curse you GERG!)

We'll send him speedy runners, the best we can find He'll have to stop, tackle them all as we monitor his mind Now keep in mind he can't control when the games begin or end He'll try to keep his sanity with the help of his D-Line friends...

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts He's got a meal card and it's set on earth so you can really just relax For Michigan Defense Theater 3000.

Either you have no idea what that is about or you are no longer reading this post.

Woolfolk comes in. I erroneously left Woolfolk out of the Monday game post talking about the guys who stayed through all this drama, as Rodriguez might say, but in the Michigan blogosphere there is always someone to pick up where you fell short:

And one wonders; why have the Wolverines normally injury prone players been relatively healthy this year while Woolfolk has been injured time and again? Bad Luck? Anger an old gypsy woman? Did the coaches use black magic to keep the guys healthy but the turnover was Woolfolk gets hurt instead? Did they find some D&D style Rings of Transference to transfer all injuries to Troy as long as everyone was wearing the rings? Not that I've ever played Dungeons and Dragons or anything. Like I don't have a level 17 Wizard named Tulmo Falconclaw just sitting around, so don't think that. I'm just guessing what nerds would say. FIREBALL!!

What a hilarious show 15 years ago. Must see a.m. TV, on the stationary or treadmill. Heavy sarcasm from B-list comedians for worst-grade sci-fi scare-flicks. In it's original state, a finalist for Best. Concept. Ever.

MST3k's mixture of adulation, snarking, and clever comebacks was just a bit ahead of its time. At some point, someone could do something similar but not with movies, but with sports related video - like training films, clips from games, press conferences, etc.

Joel, Mike Nelson, the bots (especially Tom Servo and Crow T Robot) are all out there at Rifftrax and Cinema Titanic.

But said no to any other Texas schools. So no SMU (somewhat probable with Texas politics), Houston (farfetched), or even UTSA (ha Larry Coker). Anyways, what this means is the Big East is dead, dead, deader than dead. Fire sale coming on!

I may be even more pedantic here, but I thought the implication was that those of us supernerds who DID get it would have already abandoned MGoBlog in our frantic hotclick over to the Hoover Street blog (so we could enjoy every last word for ourselves).

Now that you bring it up, why is it that anyone who said the offense looked bad against wisconsin last year was an idiot who clearly doesnt understand advanced metrics, but its okay this year to say "it does not know just how goofy that ND game is."?

Either the eye test is valid or it isnt, it shouldnt change based on whether it suits your position

Okay, I'll play. First of all, no one said the offense looked great against Wisconsin. Two points were made:

Any sane individual would say that the offense sucked in the first half and was great in the second half of the Wisconsin game. Anti-RR haterz just kept saying that the second half didn't matter because Wiscy was phoning it in. Anti-anti-RR haterz responded by saying that just because M gained a lot of yards and scored a lot of points in the second half doesn't mean the yards and points didn't matter and shouldn't count.

Anti-RR haterz kept saying: "The offense wasn't all that last year because Wisconsin and Ohio State!!!" Anti-anti-RR haterz responded by pointing out that FEI takes strength of opponent and things related to your sucky defense into consideration. So, considering how good the good teams' defenses were and how sucky our defense was, the offense was pretty damn good. For a counter example, see 2008.

Second, everything that happened in the Wisconsin game on offense happened in the context of what was normal and repeatable for the offense. Virtually everything that happened in the ND game, while glorious, was not normal or repeatable for the offense. How many jump balls has Denard completed since? Exactly.

I didnt have a problem with the offense last year, in that Wisco game, this year, or in that ND game. So, I dont understand your question, I guess

The offense didnt count in either games anyway, since it all happened once MIchigan was losing by a lot

The problem with the program was the defense. Arguments to the contrary arent smart. Its the reason we had to and did make the change.......and the improvements on that side of the ball is why we finally have a balanced---or at least the makings of one---FEI rankings. Unlike last year which was awesome on one side and rather indescribably shitty on the other side.

You cant be all or nothing like that in this game if you want to do anything other than what we did a year ago

The eye test has some validity. So does advanced metrics. But both of those aren't as valid early in the season as they are late in the season. When you know how good the opponents are in reality as opposed to preseason predictions, both become more accurate. That being said, we had a great offense last year with a 1st year starting qb who made a lot of mistakes and without a reliable tailback.

Michigan has a varsity women's field hockey team. That's what the Freep article was in reference to. Let's give them some props since they did bring home the first ever women's national championship for Michigan.

Oops, yeah stupid me not looking closer at the text. Freep logic was apparently Lindsay = Woman. They have since removed "Women's" from the headline. They must also rely on MGoBlog to correct their mistakes.

My favorite part was Roy Roundtree running to the student section to get everyone hype...and Denard racing by him, like "what are you doing!? we're going up in there!!!"

Then to see Darryl Stonum carrying Roundtree and the pure joy on his face...no sulking or bickering or jealousy...I've never spoken a word to Stonum in my life, but I know that he couldn't have been happier at that point in time.

Thank you for mentioning that and making me go back to check it out. That was totally worth seeing both Denard going "No, this way man!" and then you're absolutely right, Stonum's face can only be described as pure joy.

Lloyd Brady is in the time lapse video (2:44, right behind the banner). I think he is a time traveler from the future who knows all the right spots to go to for maximum camera-time. Either that or his dad has incriminating photos of someone in the UM administration, thereby resulting in front row seats to all major sporting events.